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The value and importance of intellectual skepticism
We often believe too easily or discount smth as total nonsense too quickly
But truth mostly exists in a temporal quantum superposition of being both right/wrong
A short framework for better thinking.... 🤔
We often believe too easily or discount smth as total nonsense too quickly
But truth mostly exists in a temporal quantum superposition of being both right/wrong
A short framework for better thinking.... 🤔
Value is largely subjective
It's always in flux, mimetically changing as idea pathogens propagate, die and respawn
Understanding this becomes especially paramount in business and investing
The delta between a good/bad idea is often just timing and mass psychology
It's always in flux, mimetically changing as idea pathogens propagate, die and respawn
Understanding this becomes especially paramount in business and investing
The delta between a good/bad idea is often just timing and mass psychology
When we first encounter an idea we naturally evaluate based off existing frameworks
Our brains, being advanced categorization machines, make a decision rather quickly
We heuristically infer smth is either valuable or not .. but only in a localized context
Our brains, being advanced categorization machines, make a decision rather quickly
We heuristically infer smth is either valuable or not .. but only in a localized context
We miss a lot of the nuance/contextuality that birthed the idea
We become overly myopically focused
But what seems wrong/dumb NOW can be incredibly right in the context of future $$ making
The only constant is continual flux and our terrible predictive abilities
We become overly myopically focused
But what seems wrong/dumb NOW can be incredibly right in the context of future $$ making
The only constant is continual flux and our terrible predictive abilities
Developing a framework for thinking about ideas can help:
Landscape - are you assuming things won't change?
Timing - are you assuming you can predict the future?
Ability - are you overestimating your ability?
Mimetics - does it contain viral meme potentiality?
Landscape - are you assuming things won't change?
Timing - are you assuming you can predict the future?
Ability - are you overestimating your ability?
Mimetics - does it contain viral meme potentiality?
The above can help
But humility can help even more
Realizing that none really knows what they are doing or talking about
And what they say/think might be wrong now but very right in the future
We're all sort of in this together, figuring it out one step at a time
But humility can help even more
Realizing that none really knows what they are doing or talking about
And what they say/think might be wrong now but very right in the future
We're all sort of in this together, figuring it out one step at a time
